Plot
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Cast
as Max Hoover
as Katherine Hoover
as Elleroy Coolidge
as Eddie Hall
as Arthur Relyea
as Fitzgerald
as Allison Pond
as McCafferty
as Jimmy Fields
as General Thomas Timms
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Reviews
There ain't no falls in L.A. Mulholland Falls is directed by Lee Tamahori and written by Pete Dexter. It stars Nick Nolte, Chazz Palminteri, Melanie Griffith, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Jennifer Connelly, Treat Williams, John Malkovich, Bruce Dern and Andrew McCarthy. Music is by Dave Grusin and cinematography by Haskell Wexler. 1950s Los Angeles and four unorthodox detectives led by Maxw…
Well.... Andrew McCarthy does an excellent job, but everyone else kind of phones it in, including the director. It's supposed to be a kind of Neo Noir, but it never really feels as gritty or as mysterious as a noir should and the femme fatales never really feel as fatal and ominous and devious as they should. The detectives aren't really hard boiled, not even Madison who always seems to be …